Cruise is the worst casting of that character possible, for anyone whose read the books.

Len

^this. couldn't believe it when i heard it.

"When it shall be said in any country in the world, my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive; the rational world is my friend, because I am the friend of its happiness: when these things can be said, then may that country boast its constitution and its government." -Thomas Paine

No intention of paying for it....between not being a Cruise fan and not liking the casting, I'll wait for TV.

Len

yes, casting a guy 5'4" and 135 lbs to play Reacher is a bit of a stretch. Also that character doesn't lend itself to Cruises acting style nor the script. Jean Reno in The Professional is a better match to the literary character

I try not to judge a movie too much when it's based upon a book. While it is usually based on a book, directors take creative license with what they think will work, and how they interpret the book. Every person that reads a book would give a different review of it also, depending on what they actually comprehended from the book. Remember in grade school how varied book reports were for the very same book? Each person thinks the movie should have been made the way they remember the book.

"I felt bad because I couldn't wheelie; until I met a man with no bicycle"

Cruise is the worst casting of that character possible, for anyone whose read the books.

Len

I felt the same as you Len, but went and saw it anyway. I liked it. Cruise did a good job.

They followed the book pretty well too (although it's been a while since I read it), but there was one spot they needed to change and didn't. When cops are at the motel looking for Reacher they tell the clerk they're looking for a man that could kill a guy with one punch. She says "that would be room 109" (or whatever) "you'll know when you see him". It made no sense unless the character was the intended 6'5"/250lb.